First off i have to say that currently i have what i consider to be a near perfect situation shooting range -wise, "as is". the only thing that could make the situation truly "perfect" is if the range that i currently use was within walking distance rather than a 10 minute or less drive.
Now, When my wife and I go ahead and move from our current location, which we plan to do for reasons that have nothing to do with acess to anyhting to do with the shooting sports, i fully intend to make sure that wherever we wind up either has easy ascess to, or better yet an area in/on which to built a range of AT LEAST 100yrds and preferably 600yards depth.
now as to what i suspect will happen.... regardless of what might happen in 10 years time, we will most likely move from our current "too small for three" (it was perfect for my wife and step-daughter, untill I moved in) house, and get a home more suited to our current needs, but still within Brazoria county and therefore within easy access range of my current gun club.
our current "unchangable criteria" for a house are as follows
Bigger than the current house, ie 1,800sqft or more preferably 2,000
larger kitchen and living/dining areas
closets that are better thought out than the scheme used in our current place (last owner remodled and how he/she/they handled various things is insane, the kitchen suffers from this as well)
at least two bedrooms other than the Master bedroom
other than that... perferably (ie dream of dreams, we'd love to have these items) having the following attributes,
"Master suite" (ie there is a full bathroom off the bedroom),
the pre-existence or easy potential for rooms in which to have the following things....
a place my wife to persue her quilting hobby
a gun/hobby room for me with room and accomadation for at least one large safe, a proper workbench, a seperate reloading bench/area, and all the various items, and storage i'd need to persue my other less bulky hobbies.
a "mother-in-law suite" style setup for my step-daughter, (we have our reasons for this but i do not feel that they are needed here)
and a place, possibly in either of the hobby rooms, for a dartboard and possibly a pool table.
and i personally would really LOVE for all this to be on a plot of land that as stated above allows me to persue just about any shooting activity that i might choose, even possibly that of having a 100yard target "right outside the window" of the above mentioned gun/reloading/hobby room